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- [Presenter] As aviation
technology continues to develop

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at a rapid pace, so,
too, does our requirement

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to provide our air crews

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with quality and relevant training.

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Here in Arizona, on the
Barry M. Goldwater Range,

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though threat resources are available,

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they are limited in
number and lack fidelity,

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having a negative effect on the quality

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of F-35 pilot training.

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This condition is insufficient

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for preparing our next
generation of pilots

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for conventional warfare,
and a peer-to-peer,

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or near peer threat domain.

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- I'm Lieutenant Treece
from the 56th Fighter Wing.

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- I'm Wylie.

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I'm a PhD student in
electrical engineering

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from Arizona state.

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- [Treece] Together we have
been working to develop

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a low cost threat emitter system

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which can be used to
enhance pilot training.

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The system isn't designed
to replace current systems,

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but rather complement them.

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We've approached this in a novel way

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through low cost, dynamic
threat replication

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in mobile systems.

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(tranquil music)

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- Threat replication in the
F-35 is hugely important

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for us, here, specifically, at Luke

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because of the primary mission
that we do in the F-35 is

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siege suppression of enemy air defense.

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The ability to replicate actual emitters

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and to get the most realistic training

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is invaluable to our students.

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To be able to see what
the actual indications are

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in their jets, and to be
able to execute the tactics

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that we're trying to teach them

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based off real-world scenarios.

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Threat replication is
everything in the F-35

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and it's one of the things

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that we train to every single day.

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- And part of the relevancy, the resources

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that we provide, really
is in the threat arena.

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Behind me, we've even got
an unmanned threat emitter

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that we're fortunate enough to have,

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but unfortunately, we
don't have enough of them

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or the kinds that we need
for today's type of training.

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So that's where we get into the relevancy

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of trying to stay in step with

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what are the pilots' need?

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What sort of jets are they flying?

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Obviously with the F-35, very modern.

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We've gotta stay in-step with that

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and I believe the Making
Waves innovation idea

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of creating a radio to emit frequencies

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is really a wave of the future
that we haven't addressed.

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- We envision this being used
broadly across the Air Force.

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But up until this point, the only testing

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we've been able to do
has been on the bench.

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Results have been
promising, but now it's time

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to take it to the next level.

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So that takes us to our ask.

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What we need is senior level advocacy

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to take this to the next level of testing,

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test it against live assets,

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and then do our refinement on the system.

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Ultimately, we would like to take this

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beyond the testing environment

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and get it filled into the broader force.

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(engine blasting)

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(tranquil music)